Perdue sacks Sehgal from Industry and Trade, chooses banker

ATLANTA - Governor Sonny Perdue, who is continuing to build his fledgling administration, dismissed the state&#39;s chief industry hunter Thursday and tapped a bank executive to replace him. <br> <br> R.K. Sehgal, an appointee of former Governor Roy Barnes, will be succeeded by Glenn Cornell as commissioner of the Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism. <br> <br> Cornell currently is senior vice president and manager of economic development and government relations for Bank of America Mid-South. <br> <br> The appointment must be approved by the agency&#39;s board. <br> <br> Sehgal played a key role in persuading DaimlerChrysler to locate a van assembly plant in Georgia. He was a close associate of many of the state&#39;s top Democrats when he headed an engineering and consulting firm, Law Companies Group, in the 1980s and 1990s. <br> <br> Perdue, a Republican, has retained some Barnes appointees, but is replacing others. <br> <br> Cornell will report to Jim Lientz, Perdue&#39;s chief operating officer and also a former Bank of America executive.

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